Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
सर्व संगपरित्यक्तो विशाखः समपद्यत । दर्शनं कांक्षते नैव भवद्भिस्तु यथा पुरा
sarva saṃgaparityakto viśākhaḥ samapadyata | darśanaṃ kāṃkṣate naiva bhavadbhistu yathā purā
إن فيشاكها، وقد نبذ كل تعلّق، دخل حالًا جديدًا من الحياة؛ ولم يعد يرغب البتّة في لقائكم أو الارتباط بكم كما كان من قبل.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: Viśākha stands alone near the sacred landscape, minimal possessions, gaze inward; the departing sages look back, but he remains detached, signaling a definitive break from former companionship.
FAQs
Detachment is not merely inner—one also leaves prior harmful identities and associations behind.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra as a catalyst for vairāgya and life-reorientation.
None; the verse describes the fruit of practice—renunciation and withdrawal from former patterns.